Tip MicroStation Tip: AccuSnap – Cycle Through All Elements Within Range Using AccuSnap, it’s easier to snap to the desired element when there are multiple elements within range of your snap tolerance. Simply use the…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Selecting an Alternate Sheet Using Print Styles are a great way to help standardize your printing processes. If you’re using Print Organizer they are a necessity. Print Styles can…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Static Scaling for Survey Point Annotation When annotating survey shots in OpenRoads CONNECT Edition using the Element Annotation tool it is sometimes desired to have text associated with the survey…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Append Notes to Descriptions When importing survey data. Text Import Wizard has an option for notes which can be confused for the description column within the survey details dialog. Below…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Create a two line Note element with the leader extending between the lines of text Using typical dimension settings when using the Place Note tool with two lines of text it displays like this: In some cases this is ok, but there are many…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Update 15 Undocumented Additions: With every MicroStation update, there is a What’s New section in the help documentation that highlights the new features in each release. While working…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Custom WorkSet Properties as Text Fields In MicroStation CONNECT Edition we encourage the use of creating project specific WorkSets. One reason for this is to take advantage of the custom WorkSet…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Edition Tip: Workflow and Tab Switching The ribbon interface introduced in Bentley’s CONNECT Edition MicroStation platform-based products is generally well crafted to facilitate common workflows…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Projecting the Corridor Generated Ditch Profile onto the Centerline Profile When a corridor is applied to an alignment, the template will generate graphics in the plan view representing components of the roadway such as edges of…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: AccuDraw Compass Rotation In MicroStation CONNECT Edition the AccuDraw compass rotation shortcuts (such as RE, RQ, T, etc.) only work if the Context Sensitivity setting is toggled on.…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Ellipse by Ends In MicroStation CONNECT Edition there is a new Ends method for placing Ellipses. Using this method you place the ellipse by placing the two ends of the primary…
Tip ORD – MicroStation Tip: MS_DGNLIBLIST variables In the CONNECT Edition products there are many new resource-specific MS_DGNLIBLIST variables. When do you use them, and when do you not? I’ve had…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Active vs. Passive Named Groups When using the Add to Graphic Group tool to create Named Groups there is a Member Type selection for Active or Passive. The Member Type settings are as…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Table Editor There is a new tool in OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition that allows you to edit alignments and profiles in a table editor format. It is located on the…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Setting the default font When opening design files you may occasionally get a warning message about a missing rsc font. The default is to replace the missing font with the STANDARD rsc…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Persist Snaps Toggle If you are a regular user of OpenRoads you know that snapping to Civil Objects in a dgn when placing new geometry creates a rule to that element. This…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Editing recorded macros The Bentley Macro Recorder (BMR) in MicroStation CONNECT allows the user to record tool selections, data points, and key-in entries. These are saved in a .bmr…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: SUDA Centering Conduits on Nodes Tools built using Bentley’s OpenRoad Technology include the ability to leverage drainage and utility design tools incorporated into civil products. The…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Disable User Preference settings In the MicroStation User Preferences dialog there are two settings turned on by default that you probably want to disable. The first of these is the Help…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Placing a Dynamic Label with Text Favorites If you’ve done any type of plan production with PowerGEOPAK (SELECTseries 4) or any of the previous versions, the new functionality of Text Favorites and the…
Tip OpenRoads Technology Tip: SUDA Hydraulic Properties Update Tools built using Bentley’s OpenRoad Technology include the ability to leverage drainage and utility design tools incorporated into civil products. The…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Flood Methods – Part 2 A previous tip detailed that using any of the Flood Methods in MicroStation requires the entire region being flooded by visible in the view window.…
Tip ORD – MicroStation Tip: AccuDraw Set Origin While working in OpenRoads Designer (ORD) there are many times you need to preform some standard MicroStation tasks. When doing so you may get frustrated that…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Automate Coordinate Entries – Part 2 I previously published a tip on how to use Excel to format bearing and distance values so they were compatible with MicroStation key-in entries. Then exporting…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: SUDA Catalog Editing Tools built using Bentley’s OpenRoad Technology include the ability to leverage drainage and utility design tools incorporated into the civil products. The…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Multiple Application Windows In MicroStation CONNECT Edition you probably already know that you can open up to four separate application windows. What you may not know is that if you only…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Mirroring Entire Template During Creation When providing training on the corridor modeling functionality in the OpenRoads tools, I am often asked if it is possible to mirror the work done on a template…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Managing User level configuration settings To the chagrin of CAD Managers everywhere MicroStation CONNECT Edition stores the User Preference files along with the user’s Personal.ucf file in the…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: SUDA Cell Location Issue The workings under the hood in the Subsurface Utilities is complex, bringing together Cell libraries, Feature Definitions, Feature Symbologies, and Element…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Place Line tool hidden Starting with MicroStation CONNECT Update 11, the Place Line tool is now hidden by default in the ribbon groups. The Place SmartLine tool can replace the…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Adding multiple Parametric Constraints to a corridor without reprocessing the corridor Have you ever needed to add multiple Parametric Constraints to your corridor, but don’t want to wait for the corridor to reprocess after adding each one?…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Ribbon Tool Search OpenRoads Designer brings a new ribbon interface to Bentley’s civil design software. This is comprised of Workflows, Tabs and Groups collecting common…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Use viewing tools during placement Did you know that you can use tools from the View Control Toolbox while in the middle of an element placement tool, such as Place Smartline, without losing…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Create Geometry by Template Have you ever done a schematic layout of your design and needed a bunch of offset alignments from your center-line to represent lanes, curb, sidewalk etc.? The…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Design Script lineweight remapping Starting with MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) you may use IPlot design scripts in addition to MicroStation pen tables to resymbolize you drawings during…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Windows Update Causing Crash with Corridors Windows 10 Spring Creator Update (1803) There is a known issue with the Windows 10 Spring Creator Update, 1803 with numerous Bentley CONNECT Edition software.…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Clip a Corridor or End a Corridor at a Skew When working with corridors in plans production it is sometimes necessary to clip a corridor area out for a new structure or maybe end a corridor at a skew. …
Tip MicroStation Tip: Save Settings on Exit I see a lot of users who have the Save Settings on Exit option toggled on in their User Preference settings. While this can be a great benefit to have… Read…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Analyze Trace Slope As you start working on a new terrain it is useful to get a feel for the drainage patterns. OpenRoads has a number of tools to assist with this; one… Read…
Tip OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Tip: Plans Production In the newest release of OpenRoads Designer CONNECT Edition Update 2 the ability to create Plan and Profile sheets has been added to the workflow. You no…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Apply pen table action to all references In some cases you want your Pen Table actions to get applied to all reference attachments when printing. An easy way to ensure this is to define a large…
Tip SUDA Tip: Configure Multiple Land Use in Catchments When a catchment is created in SUDA, a feature definition is assigned to the catchment. This feature definition will assign symbology to the catchment feature,…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Standardize color and gray shade output Do you have problems getting consistent colors on your plots? Sometimes users change color tables that cause odd colors to be printed. When submitting a…
Tip OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition Tip: How to use Survey TIW files from SS4 When implementing OpenRoads Designer Connect Edition for processing of survey, you will want to use any TIW files you created in SS4. When you add and…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Display Rules Display Rules are one of the many new features in MicroStation CONNECT Edition. These are a set of criteria that can be applied to a Display Style to change…
Tip OpenRoads: Problem with Missing Dynamic Cross-sections Occasionally, an OpenRoads file will fail to show the dynamic cross-sections properly. I really don’t know what precisely causes this but it is a royal…
Tip OpenRoads: Generate Cut & Fill Slope Limits in Different Symbology You need to generate linear features which mark the limits of cut and fill slopes on each side of the corridor. You also need the symbology of the cut…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Place Label The new Place Label tool is similar to Place Note. Instead of a text note the user places a cell with, or without, a leader line. Using the tool…
Tip OpenRoads Designer: Display Terrain Model Elevation Bands Applies also to OpenRoads Terrain Models in Select Series 3 and 4. Question: How do I display my terrain models with elevation range bands like I could do…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Improve PDF image quality in Raster Manager and Descartes Vector PDF documents attached in Raster Manager or Descartes typically work without issue. Using scanned, or other raster PDF documents, on the other hand, can…
Tip SUDA – Join Adjacent Conduits Problem: I have two conduits which are supposed to connect but do not, because there was a slight gap between the ends of the geometry I used for creating…
Tip SUDA Tip: Units Confusion There is a problem in the SUDA tools, which is not widely known, that can lead to issues with units. The problem leads to the units in the SUDA data… Read…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: The "Create Cross Section" Tool In this tip Andrea Hall, Senior Consultant, will create drainage profiles using the Create Cross Section Tool.
Tip MicroStation Tip: Printing Problem Quick Fix MicroStation printing problems; we’ve all had them, and they always seem to happen at the most inopportune time. You check and recheck your print…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Multiple Application Windows MicroStation has always had the ability to manage windows independently on dual monitor workstations. To support the expanded monitor capabilities in Windows 8…
Tip SUDA – Which Property Panel Should I Use? You may have noticed that there are two locations to access the properties for utility features in OpenRoads. This is seen in the context toolbox: Also, if you…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Reverse the Direction of Alignment This one is better described as a trick, rather than a tip. Caution: the following should be used with care and check all data after completion. It is always…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Finding a Tool Key-in At EnvisionCAD we provide training for CAD administrators and advanced users. As part of this instruction we cover building custom function key menus, tool…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Point Report To generate a report listing the locations of multiple points, use the Point Feature Station Offset Elevation report. The points which are reported on can…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Element Selection Element selection is a very widely used tool with many options available to the user. I remembered one tip that is very handy and easy. When selecting your…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Terrain Model – Control Triangles in Concave Areas of Project Pretty much every project has one or more areas like shown below, where terrain model triangles will cut across the concave corner of the project. My first…
Tip SUDA Tip: Shallow Nodes Sometimes, when we model nodes in SUDA whose minimum depth is very shallow, we are surprised to see that the depth is not what we expected. For example, the…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Flood Methods There are many tools in MicroStation that contain a Flood method to create a shape, fill a shape, or to complete some other type of operation. In all of…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Drop Element The Drop Element tool icon in MicroStation CONNECT ribbon (Drawing -> Home -> Groups) has been expanded to offer specific drop tools without having to…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Terrain Model – How to Extract Break Lines I recently fielded a question where the designer needed to extract the break lines which existed in the OpenRoads Terrain model. The designer could see them…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Corridor Modeling Manipulators There are two lines generated during modeling in OpenRoads. Dependent on which one you select, different context mini tool bars are presented. Corridor …
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Place Note There are two significant changes to the Place Note tool in MicroStation CONNECT. The first change is that the option to select a Text Style setting in the…
Tip SUDA Tip: "Scenario Failed to Compute. Review your data and try again." Written By: Robert Garrett One of the things that SUDA does quite well is to provide good feedback messages about errors in the drainage network configuration…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Missing Graphic Manipulators Written by Bob Mecham I am writing this tip because this doesn’t happen often so when it does I really have to rack my brain to remember why. Hopefully…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT Tip: Drawing Scale Written by Rod Wing The Annotation Scale drop-down list allows you to change the active Annotation Scale. This list is available via a number of dialogs in…
Tip SUDA Tip: How to Configure a Single Structure Which Contains Two Independent Grates Written by Robert Garrett In a roadway with a center barrier, we often use storm drain inlets like this one. This type of structure presents a unique…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Civil AccuDraw Floating Origin Written by: Bob Mecham Sometimes, we need to establish the end of a line at a location measured form something else rather than the first point. 1. Start the…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Pen Table Macros Written by Rod Wing Support for the legacy MicroStation Basic macros has been removed in MicroStation CONNECT. This also means these macros can no longer be…
Tip SUDA Tip – Best Practice for Headwall 3D cells Written by: Robert Garrett When configuring the 3D cells of head walls for use in SUDA, there are some required construction points to be created in the cell.…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Editing and Updating Terrains Created By Graphical Filters In last months tip we discussed Importing Terrain from Graphics. However when using the Edit Terrain Model toolbar it reports “Not an Editable Terrain”.…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Print to InterPlot Server Written by Rod Wing MicroStation CONNECT Edition allows for printing directly to a ProjectWise InterPlot Server plotter without the need for installing…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Import Terrain from Graphics "Not an Editable Terrain" The problem may occur after you have created an OpenRoads terrain element using the Create Terrain Model by Graphical Filter. Then you may need to delete a…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: UCF and PCF files Written by Rod Wing MicroStation CONNECT Edition has a User Configuration level just as previous versions. The big change in CONNECT is that there is no way…
Tip SUDA – Setting node orientation relative to centerline In the OpenRoads Subsurface Utility tools, the rotation of nodes is always stored internally as an absolute angle. As you can see in the next image, even…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Organizing DGNLibs Written by Rod Wing Using DGNLibrary files to store various standards and resources is easy and convenient in MicroStation. This ease and convenience can also…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Name Assignment and Annotation of Geometry Points Written by: Bob Mecham By default, as you place a point the Name will match the Feature Definition name. This can be seen in the Tools Setting dialog. Prior…
Tip SUDA Tip: Editing Utility Profiles Written by: Robert Garrett When editing profiles for SUDA conduits, the visual feedback provided in the profiles view can be a little confusing. Consider a…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Opening the Snap Mode toolbox (button bar) Written by: Rod Wing In previous editions of MicroStation a common user preference was to open the Snap Mode tool box by selecting the Snap icon on the…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Offset Alignments and Matching Profiles Written by: Robert Garrett I often get the question: How do I make alignment B exactly match the stationing of alignment A? Invariably, this question is…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Change Workspace and/or WorkSet from the File Open dialog Written by: Rod Wing One big complaint in previous editions of MicroStation was that when selecting File > Open while in MicroStation you could not change…
Tip SUDA Tip: Best Practice for Creating Pipes Between Nodes Written by: Robert Garrett I often get the question: Does it matter which direction I create pipes for my drainage or sanitary networks? The simplest answer…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Point Controls Targeting MicroStation Graphics in Corridors Written by: Bob Mecham Point Controls can be used to override the template in areas where lanes are widening or working with ditches. By using point controls…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Advanced Explorer search options Written by: Rod Wing Project Explorer has been renamed Explorer in MicroStation CONNECT Edition. Along with the renaming comes a lot of new features. One of…
Tip SUDA Tip: Create a New Feature Definition Written by: Robert Garrett You will note that there are 6 types of feature definitions which can be defined from the Project Explorer. Linear, Point and…
Tip OpenRoads Survey Tip: What is different with field coding in SS4? Written by: Bob Mecham If you are coming from an InRoads, GEOPAK or MXROAD Survey coding system, OpenRoads technology necessitates some changes for how field…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Use Plan View Snap to Lock Civil Accudraw in Profile Written by: Bob Mecham Did you know that with Civil AccuDraw you can work both in the plan view and profile view while placing a geometry element. In this…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Enhanced Configuration Variables dialog Written by Rod Wing The Configuration Variable dialog in MicroStation CONNECT Edition has been updated to allow for a more customized display and easier…
Tip SUDA Tip: Importing Pipes from Legacy Drainage Files (InRoads and GEOPAK) Written by: Robert Garrett In the previous SUDA tip we discussed how you can import from GEOPAK Drainage and InRoads S&S into SUDA and automatically…
Tip SUDA Tip: Importing Legacy Drainage Files from InRoads and GEOPAK Written by Robert Garrett Importing legacy drainage projects into Subsurface Utilities Design and Analysis (SUDA) is easy and is accomplished from the menu:…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Civil AccuDraw Working in Profile Views Written by: Bob Mecham By now you have probably seen or maybe even started using Civil AccuDraw with Horizontal Geometry. Did you know that Civil AccuDraw…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Select Model to Open Written by: Rod Wing In the MicroStation CONNECT start screen if a file in the Recent Files listing has multiple models you can select the specific model to…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Playing By the (Civil) Rules Bentley’s OpenRoads Technology has brought with it brand new ways of creating and editing geometry. Built into the geometry elements themselves is the…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Element Properties Written by Rod Wing In MicroStation CONNECT the Element Information dialog has been renamed to Properties. The dialog functions the same way as in previous…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Model and Layout Tabs in Civil 3D 2016 Written by: Ben Johnson There is a new feature in Civil 3D 2016 wherein the model and layout tabs are placed in-line with the status bar. I believe this…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Exit Dynamic Cross Section View Written by Darren Waschow Once you have set a view window to display dynamic cross sections, it might not be obvious how to get it back to a normal view.…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Shorter Trial Mode In previous versions of MicroStation you only needed to communicate with the license server once every 30 days. This meant that if you were working remotely…
Tip MicroStation Tip: XYZ Text Delivered with MicroStation is a toolbar that will label coordinates in the file and import/export coordinates. From the MicroStation pulldown menu select…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: How do I get my Mini Toolbar back? Written by: Bob Mecham In OpenRoads depending on what type of element you select and hover on; a mini toolbar with context sensitive menu will appear. Below…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Model Properties Written by: Rod Wing In MicroStation CONNECT Edition the old Element Information dialog has been renamed Properties. Continuing the trend we saw in…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Automate Sheet Naming/Numbering from Layout Tab Names Written by Ben Johnson When creating sheets in Civil 3D, such as plan & profile sheets, the sheet creation wizard offers a layout naming template which…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Cell Library Dialog Written by Rod Wing MicroStation CONNECT has a new look – Cell Library Dialog. The Active Cells buttons for setting Placement, Point, Terminator,…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Convert a Single DWG to DGN 1. In AutoCAD Civil 3D, open a DWG drawing file to convert to MicroStation DGN. 2. From the Application Menu select Export > Export Civil 3D Drawing …
Tip InRoads Tip: AccuSnap in InRoads If you have been using MicroStation AccuSnap you probably have noticed that it does not work when using an InRoads command. Hold down the ‘Ctrl’…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Black and Blue Manipulator Preference Written by Bob Mecham After working in OpenRoads for a while you may notice that the size and color of the Manipulator is rather hard to read. Maybe I am…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Add Custom Tools to the Ribbon Written by Rod Wing The Menu Bar pull downs are no longer supported in MicroStation CONNECT. Many organizations created custom pull downs for organizing…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Civil 3D 2016 Data Shortcut Manager Written by Ben Johnson A new feature introduced in Civil 3D 2016 is the Manage Data Shortcuts command. This command gives the user a really nice dialog for…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Bring back the Tasks Dialog Written by: Rod Wing As you probably know MicroStation CONNECT employs a ribbon style interface similar to Microsoft Office and AutoCAD. We recommend that…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: To Copy, or Not To Copy Written by: Bryan Sullivan A Civil 3D user can become more productive by reproducing existing design elements within a drawing rather than creating them from…
Tip MicroStation CONNECT: Associating Files to a WorkSet Written by: Rod Wing One of the many changes in the MicroStation CONNECT Workspace is that the former Project setting has been replaced by WorkSet. This is…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: 5 Things to Know When Working with Superelevations Written by: Bob Mecham Working with superelevations in the OpenRoads SS4 release is much different from previous versions of InRoads or GEOPAK. Here are 5…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Adding Sample Lines in the Middle of the Existing Sample Line Group Written by Ben Johnson Have you ever created a group of corridor section views, done a bunch of labeling edits to your automated code set labels; and then…
Tip MicroStation Tip: What’s New in V8i (SELECTseries 3) Update 2 Written by: Bob Mecham With the release of the new OpenRoads – V8i (SELECTseries 4) Maintenance Release 1 comes a new release of MicroStation V8i…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Rendering Material Assignments in Google Earth Written by: Bob Mecham Credit to: Margaret Valletta – McFarland Johnson I was providing professional guidance to Margaret on a 3D rendering project.…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Converting Civil 3D Parcels to GIS Shapefiles Written by: Bryan Sullivan Here is a workflow for translating parcels with associated attributes, such as parcel number and parcel area; into shapefiles for…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Change Profile Symbology of your Terrain Wrtitten by Bob Mecham Does your Terrain Element end up on level Default when you view your Profile? With a little setup of your Feature Definition and Element…
Tip MicroStation Tip – Aligning Patterns Written by Bob Mecham When patterning or hatching a detail it is beneficial to be sure the patterns align between adjacent elements. This can be done by…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Reference Terrain and Display Override Written by Bob Mecham It is common to reference your design file that has the Terrain Element to your geometry or sheet models. However, you may not see what…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Three Ways to Change the Starting Station Written by Bob Mecham By default the starting station for OpenRoads Geometry is always 0+00. There are three ways to modify this value. Number 1: Go to Tasks…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Keyin to Toggle between AccuDraw and Civil AccuDraw Written by Mark Templeman – Senior Transportation Designer at JEO Consulting Group, Inc. At last months Nebraska User Group 2015 spring conference Mark…
Tip Bentley OpenRoads Tip: 4 Things I Learned While Creating My First Civil Cell Written by: Ben Johnson OpenRoads is new technology from Bentley, and one of the most impressive aspects of this new, dynamic modeling environment is Civil…
Tip Power InRoads Tip: 3 Things I Learned Using Civil AccuDraw for the First Time Civil AccuDraw is the civil-specific version of MicroStation AccuDraw. Both are intuitive, precision drafting tools. Civil AccuDraw goes beyond MicroStation…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Create Element Templates from the XIN Written by Bob Mecham Now that you are moving to OpenRoads Technology, you understand Element Templates will be part of your configuration. Element templates…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Working with Linestyles – Scale, Shift, Direction Written by Bob Mecham Scale Here is a key-in I had to dig up for a project I was working on. All of my existing custom linestyles were placed in… Read more »
Tip OpenRoads Tip: 3D Elements from Survey Data Written by: Bob Mecham OpenRoads Survey can automatically create 3D elements in your CAD file. Some uses are pipes, trees, and utility structures such as…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Attach Media Files to Survey Data Written by: Bob Mecham OpenRoads Survey allows users to attach media files such as photos, movies and sounds to survey data. Beginning in 08.11.09.674,…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: Problem Adding Image Through Map Task Pane Written by Ben Johnson AutoCAD Map 3D is model-based GIS and mapping software from Autodesk. The Map 3D functions are available for use in Civil 3D through the…
Tip InRoads Tip: Place Coordinate Grid Written by Bob Mecham. Use the Place Coordinate Grid tool in InRoads to layout simple grid lines or points. 1. Place either a MicroStation Shape or Fence in…
Tip OpenRoads Tip: Working with Survey Settings Written by: Bob Mecham In OpenRoads Technology (SS3 and beyond) standards are managed through the use of *.dgnlibs. This includes settings for survey items…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Set Reference Presentation – View Flags Written by: Bob Mecham You are probably aware of using View Attributes in MicroStation. The View Attributes dialog allows you to affect whether and how…
Tip InRoads Tip: Place Dimensions in Roadway Designer Written by: Bob Mecham Place Temporary Dimension Line Having the ability to view horizontal distances and slopes as you step through your section view of…
Tip InRoads Tip: Display References in Roadway Designer Written by: Bob Mecham As part of the InRoads design process it can be useful to display all the necessary design features in Roadway Designer instead of…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Selecting your DWG Version Written by Rod Wing When you install MicroStation the AutoCAD Real DWG library is also installed. The Real DWG library allows MicroStation to work with…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Raster Manager Cache Manager To facilitate quicker raster image display, Raster Manager will create temporary cache files of certain image types. The cached image files will be subsets, or…
Tip InRoads Tip: Modify End Condition Priority Conflicts Written by: Bob Mecham When working with End Conditions in your InRoads, GEOPAK, or OpenRoads Templates depending on the order that you added the end…
Tip InRoads Tip: Vertical Annotation Curve Leader Terminator Written by: Bob Mecham For a long time it was not possible to edit the leader arrow when using the View Vertical Annotation dialog. The arrow had been hard…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Apply Elevation to Shapefile Attachments Attached shapefile graphics by default are attached with a Z coordinate (Elevation) value of 0. Starting in MicroStation v8i (SELECTseries 3) elevations can be…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Automate Coordinate Entries Written by Rod Wing For those of you who have had to do a lot of coordinate entry in MicroStation, either through the key-in browser or using AccuDraw, you…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Modify Dimension Text Editing text in a dimension can be done the same as editing any other text in the file. Text Toolbar Open the Text toolbar from the pulldown menu: Tools…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Editing Cells Quickly Hopefully by now you have been using MicroStation V8 and have realized how nice Cell Library management has become. Here is one more tip that should help you…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Coordinate Input Written by Bob Mecham. Placing elements in MicroStation is usually done one of two ways: absolute coordinates or relative to an existing point.…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Written by Bob Mecham. MicroStation can import files from external application such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Link an Excel Sheet to MicroStation: 1. Open…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Keypoint Snap Written by Bob Mecham. The Keypoint snap mode is often the most useful snap mode for drafting operations. This is because the Keypoint snap mode snaps to…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Multi-snap and Setting Priority Written by Bob Mecham. Multi-snap is an extension of AccuSnap allowing the user to use more than one snap at a time. For example, Keypoint, Nearest, and…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Send to Back Written by Bob Mecham. When conducting MicroStation V8 user training we cover the Edit > Bring to Front command. During the course of the demonstration of…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Useful Keyboard Shortcuts Written by Bob Mecham. Text Editor When int he Text Editor Dialog box there are some useful keyboard shortcuts to help you get around. – Ctrl+C (Copy…
Tip VBA Tip: Input Boxes Written by Rod Wing. Like a Message Box, the InputBox displays a modal dialog with a message/prompt string and a tile. With an InputBox there are…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Moving Elements to Elevation Written by Bob Mecham. MicroStation has the ability to use relative values with a “#”. When using the XY=key-in you can type # and the value will…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: How To Create New Parts for Pressure Pipe Catalogs Written by Ben Johnson. In the last tip, I outlined how to add pipe materials/sizes to Pressure Pipe Catalogs in Civil 3D. This is a follow-up to that…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Dimension Audit Utility Written by Bob Mecham. This utility is used to verify dimensioning in the active model. All the dimensioning is located and any errors are reported. Open the…
Tip MicroStation Tip: V8i SS3 with Google Earth and Map Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will assign a coordinate system to a MicroStation DGN file and then export the file to a Google Earth KML file.…
Tip AutoCAD Civil 3D Tip: How to Add New Pipes to Pressure Pipe Catalogs Written by Ben Johnson. Pressure Pipe Networks are fairly new to Civil 3D, and anyone who has worked with them has noticed that Civil 3D only comes loaded…
Tip VBA Tip: Get Current Value of All Your Variables Written by Rod Wing. The Locals toggle button in the Debug toolbox opens or closes the Locals window. The Locals window will display all of…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Manage Font Utilities Credit goes to Kae Calloway at Dominion. To add a font to a Resource file (*.rsc),: 1. Open the Keyin dialog box – Utilities > Key-in 2. Mdl…
Tip MicroStation Tip: 3D Civil Content for MicroStation Visualization Written by Bob Mecham. I am often asked, “Where do you get 3D MicroStation Cells and other 3D content?” There are a number of free and pay…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Apply Element Template to Shapefile Attachment Written by Rod Wing. ArcView Shapefiles contain the graphics of individual GIS layers, but the graphics have no color, weight, or line style symbology.…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Mouse Mechanics Written by Bob Mecham. Mouse functionality has been greatly expanded by the inclusion of useful tools assigned to the typical two button mouse with…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Align Tool Written by Bob Mecham. From the Manipulate toolbox, the Align tool will help you align elements and text to an edge of an existing element. Align…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Backup and Undo Written by Bob Mecham Ever make a mistake? Who hasn’t, save yourself some grief. Backup Keyin: backup By keying in the word ‘backup’…
Tip Selection Drag Port-Starboard or Starboard-Port This tip has been translated to Pirateese in honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day. In t’ V8i release o’ MicroStation t’ Element Selection overlap…
Tip MicroStation Tip: Activate Reference for Editing Written by Bob Mecham. A new powerful enhancement to V8i MicroStation is the ability to edit reference files with in the active design file. By simply right…
Tip Opening a Web Browser to a Specific Page Written by Bob Mecham. Does your company have their own internal standards or project standards on a particular web page? By customizing MicroStation pull…
Tip Controlling the Origin of a Copy/Paste Written by Bob Mecham Using the Windows Clipboard you can easily copy design elements from one design file to the next. Prior to copying the elements…
Tip Move Part of a Cell Written by Bob Mecham. Do you find yourself needing to move only a part of a cell and your CAD Manager tells you not to drop any cells? Well… Read…
Tip Placing a North Arrow in a Rotated View Written by Bob Mecham. Placing a North Arrow in a rotated view such as a plan and profile sheet can be done right the first time if you use AccuDraw… Read…
Tip Change AccuDraw Display Written by Bob Mecham. There is a handy little key-in that will change the rectangular display of AccuDraw. Using the below key-in you can change the X Y…
Tip Customizing Values in AccuDraw Popup Calculator Written by Bob Mecham. To take the AccuDraw with Popup Calculator another step further than Complex Expressions. Popup Calculator has an added feature…
Tip AccuDraw Popup Calculator and the use of Complex Expressions Written by Bob Mecham. To take the AccuDraw with Popup Calculator one step further I will show some of the uses of “=” function. The popup calculator…
Tip AccuDraw with Popup Calculator Written by Bob Mecham. You can keep your calculator turned off when you need to perform math functions in MicroStation. Using the popup calculator math…
Tip InRoads Survey Point Rename Written by Bob Mecham. In the current release of InRoads Survey V8i (SELECTseries) there is a tool that will allow you to rename/ renumber the observations and…
Tip AccuDraw & Bearing KeyIns Written by Bob Mecham. Need to key-in bearings? Here is a little known trick that makes this easier. First, set your AccuDraw settings to read-out in…
Tip Reference AutoCAD to MicroStation and coordinates do not match Written by Bob Mecham. We have taken this support call twice in the last month so I thought I would share a solution with everyone in case you have the… Read…
Tip Saved Views now store Reference Display States Written by Bob Mecham. Recreating plots in MicroStation has never been easier With the release of MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) we now have the ability to…
Tip Change the InRoads Roadway Designer background screen color to white Written by Bob Mecham. White background for the Roadway Designer dialog Whether you have a personal preference to use white as your background color or you…
Tip Google Map Integration with MicroStation Locate your project in Google Maps With the release of MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) we now have the ability to integrate Google Maps with MicroStation. …
Tip Customizing Sheet Models in MicroStation The default sheet sizes are referenced from the sheetsizes.def file. To create your own custom definitions copy this file to your corporate workspace folder.…
Tip Bentley DGN reader for Windows 7 Save time finding the right files using Bentley DGN reader for Windows 7 With the release of MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) we now have the ability to…
Tip Terrain Models in MicroStation SELECTseries 3 MicroStation SS3 Terrain Models With the release of MicroStation V8i SELECTseries 3 we now have the ability to import a LandXML surface file into a DGN file. A…
Tip MicroStation Commands – Did you know? MicroStation Gems – Screen Capture – 1 of 12 It’s all about productivity and profitability right? To stay competitive, stay in business, and…
Tip Annotate MicroStation Graphics with InRoads Now you can annotate MicroStation graphics using an InRoads Feature Style. This will allow you to label lines and arcs just as you would without having to…
Tip New Reference Attachment Options In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to attach a reference file using different methods. ; First we will begin with Coincident and Coincident – World…
Tip MicroStation Debug Sometimes you need to know what configuration variables are being set, and when they are being set. It could be that you are creating a new workspace, editing…
Tip Working with a 3D File – Display Depth and Active Depth Here are solutions to a couple of the most common issues we hear about. Key-ins: (watch your prompt & message fields) AZ=? will display your ‘active…
Tip Text Masking using Text Styles When placing text in a plan sheet it is preferred that there is no line work or graphics behind the text. Having the graphics behind the text makes it…
Tip Element Display Order in 3D Design Files In this tutorial we will show you the new procedure in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) to control the display order of elements in a 3D design file. The…
Tip Drape an Image on a Surface In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to drape an image onto a triangle or mesh surface.
Tip Longitude, Latitude Coordinate Input In a previous tip we demonstrated how to obtain geographic coordinate readouts in MicroStation V8i and later releases. It is also possible to enter coordinate…
Tip Rendering – Fur Settings for Grass The ability to render realistic grass has been included in the (SELECTseries 2) release of MicroStation. Below are the steps and a couple tips on working with…
Tip Attaching Point Clouds in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) The ability to reference Point Cloud data has been included in the (SELECTseries 2) release of MicroStation. It is as easy as attaching any reference file in…
Tip Change Font Size in Word Processor Dialog If the text in the word processor dialog is too small or jagged try increasing the display size with this key-in. “wordprocessor displayfontsize x”…
Tip Associative Annotation for Geometry Tired of having to re-annotate stationing and geometry labels every time you make an edit to a horizontal or vertical alignment? Thanks to the InRoads V8i…
Tip Geographic Keyins In MicroStation V8i and later releases that support geographic coordinate systems there are key-in commands available to manage coordinate system definitions.…
Tip Geometry Extended Descriptions In the InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 1) release there is additional information that can be pushed from the Survey Fieldbook to the Geometry Project. When Saving…
Tip Longitude, Latitude Coordinate Readout In MicroStation V8i and later releases that support geographic coordinate systems it is possible to obtain Longitude, Latitude coordinates from a design file.…
Tip Array Along Path In the newer releases of MicroStation an option was added to the Construct Array tool. The older options included Rectangular and Polar now there is a new…
Tip Reference Orientation New in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 1) is the ability for an existing attachment to have its attachment method changed without having to detach and then…
Tip Create a Feature Table Report in InRoads Survey V8i (SELECTseries 1) Since Bentley has moved to the XIN file format creating a simple Feature Table Report seemed lost. There is a new way of creating a Feature Table Report or…
Tip Top Ten things worth mentioning about InRoads Suite V8i SS1 InRoads SELECTSeries 1 was released about a week ago and there are a few tools worth mentioning right away to get you excited about this release. The following…
Tip New ACS Plane Snap in V8i The new ACS Plane Snap has replaced the Depth Lock which was used in 3D files to keep elements placed as planar. In V8i the new way of placing elements… Read…
Tip Text Field Place Holder New in MicroStation V8i are Text Field Place Holders which will allow for the field to be undefined until used in a model. In this example we will use…
Tip Feature Name Override – Part 2 Last month we showed how to apply feature name overrides by editing individual template point names. Template point name overrides – renaming multiple points…
Tip Feature Name Override Here is a method to ensure features created in a design surface are both uniformly named and continuous. Template properties Point names must be unique when…
Tip Trim Tools Updated in V8i SELECTSeries 1 In MicroStation V8i Select Series 1 the trim tools as you know them have been renamed and enhanced to become more productive for the user. Trim To Intersection…
Tip Open, Import, or Attach Shapefiles without Bentley Map In MicroStation V8i Select Series 1 the ability open ArcView Shapefiles (.shp) and MapInfo files (.mif, .tab) has been included without the need for Bentley…
Tip Active Template Tab While editing templates, access to additional information about the template is available by selecting the Active Template Tab. Some uses are: In the example…
Tip Color Preferences finally stored as a Preference In MicroStation V8i the ability to store color preferences for drawing background colors and element selection and highlight colors can finally be stored under…
Tip Template Documentation Link To add additional documentation to your Template Library there is the option to link external documents or websites that can add a quick link to supporting…
Tip Compute Pond Volumes As a follow up to last months tip we thought we should share the InRoads hydrology tools that can be used for computing pond volumes. Hydrology Add-on From the…
Tip Generate Sloped Surface Command New options have been added to the Generate Sloped Surface command that will make generating slopes easier than before. In the example below generate sloped…
Tip Georeferenced Reference Attachments In MicroStation V8i two geographic transformations have been added to the Orientation options that will perform on-the-fly reprojection of attachments with…
Tip Control Code SPC A new control code was added to the V8i release of Inroads. The Single Point arC (SPC) control code will add a through point curve when no PC or PT… Read…
Tip End Condition Transition Here is a solution to transition end condition slopes over a station range vs. between template intervals. The problem: Abrupt transition of end condition…
Tip Collections and Arrays Collections in VBA are objects that can store groups of related items, much like an array. Unlike arrays, a single collection can store items of different…
Tip Last Intercept with Surface Creating an end-condition that finds the ‘last’ intercept with a surface. Create an End Condition The end condition required to accomplish this is really…
Tip Point Range Filter In the V8i release of InRoads Survey a new enhancement will allow for the survey fieldbook to be filtered by point number range. Create a point number range…
Tip Change Case MicroStation V8i has added a Change Case selection to the right click menu in the Text Editor – Word Processor dialog. Simply right click in the text…
Video OpenRoads Tip: The "Create Cross Section" Tool In this tip Andrea Hall, Senior Consultant, will create drainage profiles using the Create Cross Section Tool.
Video OpenRoads Tip: Working with Geometry and Snap Constraints Written by: Bob Mecham In this OpenRoads Geometry tutorial we will show you how Snap Constrains are created and how make sure that they are not used. We will…
Video OpenRoads Survey Tip – Create Terrain Model Exterior Boundary Written by Bob Mecham In this tip, we will show you how to create an exterior boundary for a terrain model when it is generated from an OpenRoads Survey field…
Video OpenRoads Tip – Create Terrain Element from Corridor and Add Exterior Boundary Written by: Bob Mecham In this tip we will show you how to create a terrain element from your corridor. Then we will show you how to constrain the…
Video 3D Photo Match In this tutorial we will demonstrate one workflow to create a photo simulation using MicroStation. Below are some items to consider before you take your first…
Video OpenRoads Tip – Add a Spot Elevation to a Terrain In this video tutorial we will show you the workflow for adding a 3D point to an OpenRoads Terrain Element.
Video InRoads Tip: InRoads Survey Options Working with Symbols, Points, and Elevations In this tutorial we will show you how to work with text that is displayed dynamically and written to graphics in InRoads Survey. We will look at the InRoads…
Video InRoads Tip: Horizontal Geometry working with Stationing and Station Equations Written by: Bob Mecham InRoads Tip: Horizontal Geometry working with Stationing and Station Equations In this tutorial we will look at viewing your horizontal…
Video InRoads Tip: V8i SS2 Feature Editing – Radius Returns Written by Ronald Brys. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist. Last Month’s Tips: MicroStation: 3D…
Video InRoads Tip: GEOPAK Corridor Modeling – Cross Section Annotation Written by Ronald Brys. Overview on how to annotate cross sections generated using Corridor Modeler in GEOPAK SELECTseries 2. See all of our InRoads…
Video InRoads Tip: InRoads Survey – Filtering Fieldbook Contents Written by Ronald Brys. A fact that escapes a lot of InRoads Survey users is the ability to filter the contents of a fieldbook. Filtering can be used to limit…
Video InRoads Tip: RWK File Written by Ronald Brys. Managing Project Data. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist. Last Month’s Tips: …
Video InRoads Tip: Modeling a Conditional Curb Written by Ronald Brys. Follow Up on Conditional Curb Openings Tip: Templates, Curbs and Driveway Openings. See all of our InRoads tips on this…
Video OpenRoads Terrain Elements Written by Ronald Brys. A quick look at MicroStation terrain elements created from a DTM. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist. …
Video Fixed Slope Across a Surface Written by Ronald Brys. Display a graphic at a defined cross slope relative to a surface. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist. …
Video Graphic Display at a Fixed Elevation Written by Ronald Brys. Methods to display a graphic at a specified elevation. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video InRoads Tracking Command Written by Ronald Brys. Dynamic reporting and annotation of surface and alignment data. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video Horizontal Curve Radius Assignment Written by Ronald Brys. In this tutorial we will define curve radii using the InRoads table editor. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube…
Video Managing the Graphic Display of Features Features are not part of a graphic group when displayed so it is not as easy as deleting triangles and contours. In this tutorial we will demonstrate an easy…
Video Working with Civil Geometry Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate the Civil Geometry tools by creating an intersection. We will show the geometric relationships…
Video Traverse Adjustments with InRoads V8i Written by Ron Brys. In this tutorial we will adjust open-ended and closed traverses (alignments). The tools shown are also useful for the input, creation and…
Video Remove User Data – InRoads V8i Written by Bob Mecham. When manipulating graphics displayed from InRoads in MicroStation those elements can disappear when the alignment is redisplayed.…
Video Import LandXML into MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) Annotate the Terrain Model Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will import a LandXML file into MicroStation and view its feature properties. Then we will review the annotation…
Video Create Profiles from Multipoint and Graphics in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate creating profiles using the Multipoint and Graphics options. Adding a name to the Multipoint or…
Video Vector Icons in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries 3) Written by Bob Mcham. In this tutorial we will show you how to create and edit vector icons in MicroStation v8i (SELECTseries 3). Vector icons give users the…
Video Using Parametric Constraints in Templates and Roadway Designer – InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to define parametric constraints on points in the template. Then we will use those…
Video Templates, Curbs, and Driveway Openings – InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) Written by Bob Mecham. In this tutorial we demonstrate a workflow for interchanging mountable and barrier curb sections. The Template contains end conditions…
Video Using Template Style Constraints for Street Reconstruction – InRoads V8i SELECTseries Using Template Style Constraints to locate front of sidewalk In this tutorial we will demonstrate the use of a style constraint to tie to a feature. The…
Video Template End Conditions Bypassing the First Intercept Point Written by Bob Mecham. Bypassing the First Intercept – InRoads Roadway Designer In this tutorial we will demonstrate using an end condition that will…
Video Import Graphics to create a Template – InRoads V8i In this tutorial we will import MicroStation graphics to create an InRoads template. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist. Last…
Video Water System Layout using InRoads Storm and Sanitary V8i (SELECTseries) In this tutorial we will demonstrate one possible workflow for designing a water system layout using the tools in InRoads Storm and Sanitary.As you can see in…
Video Using Point Cells in a Visualization – Tree Example In this tutorial we will show a workflow for placing a number of trees into a MicroStation Visualization utilizing Point Cells. There are two properties of a…
Video Storm and Sanitary Overview and Concepts – InRoads V8i In this tutorial we will demonstrate some general workflows and concepts using InRoads Storm and Sanitary V8i (SELECTseries). See all of our InRoads tips on…
Video Visualization Example – Trees, People, and Signs In this tutorial we will show you a workflow for placing Trees People and Signs into your 3D rendered images with MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries). See all of…
Video Vertical Profile Elevations In this tutorial we will show you a number of workflows to track and annotate the elevations in a vertical profile. The tools we will show you include…
Video Print Organizer Overview In this tutorial we will give you an overview of the MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) Print Organizer dialog and settings. See all of our MicroStation tips on…
Video Importing Graphics to a Surface In this tutorial we will demonstrate how to import MicroStation graphics into an InRoads Surface DTM. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.…
Video Working with Dialogs in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries) In this tutorial we will work with dialogs in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries). We show you how to dock, hide, tab, and set transparency to a number of dialogs…
Video Working with Lidar Data using Data Acquisition tools in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) In this tutorial we will show you how to import lidar data into MicroStation using the Data Acquisition tool. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube…
Video Geometry Tables in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries) In this tutorial we will show you how to create a geometry table in InRoads. Then we will demonstrate how to place the geometry table in MicroStation V8i…
Video What’s new with Fences In this tutorial we will show you whats new with fences in MicroStation V8i (SELECTseries). The new tools include Copy Move Fence Contents, AccuSnap with…
Video Import LandXML to Create a Surface in InRoads V8i In this tutorial we will show you how to create an InRoads Surface DTM by importing a LandXML file. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video Display Underground Features in Profile and Cross Section See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video Delete Triangle By Filter In this tutorial we will show you how to use the new tool Delete Triangle by Filter in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries). This tool allows you to have better control…
Video Creating a Parcel using Import from Graphics In this video tutorial we will demonstrate how to create a parcel by using the Geometry Import from Graphics tool. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube…
Video Title Block Data Field in Plan and Profile Generator In this tutorial we will show you how to use and setup the Plan and Profile Generator to use the Title Block Data File Name. Title block information will…
Video Pad Design – InRoads Site Modeler In this tutorial we will show a begining workflow for using InRoads Site Modeler. See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video Import Text File to create a Surface and Create Exterior Boundary In this tutorial we will show a workflow for importing a text file to create a surface then constrain the triangles by creating an exterior boundary.
Video Horizontal Alignment for Arc – Spiral – Arc In this tutorial we will show you one possible workflow for creating a horizontal alignment that has a number of arcs with leading and trailing spiral…
Video Dynamic Surface Display In this tutorial we will take a look at the new dynamic display feature in InRoads V8i (SELECTseries). This feature will allow you to edit a surface and have…
Video Thin Surface command In this tutorial we will show you how to thin a surface that has been created from a number of random points such as bathymetric or lidar data. See all… Read…
Video Persistent Annotation with InRoads Geometry See all of our InRoads tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video Import Contours from Graphics It is still common that you are given a file with just contours, no spot elevations and no breaklines. Your job is to create a DTM that will match…
Video Applying Link Sets to Elements In MicroStation V8i the ability to link elements to files, folders, keyins, and websites is handled through the Project Explorer dialog. By linking supporting…
Video MicroStation 3D Solids Tutorial In this tutorial we will look at some simple 3d tools for creating a flange. See all of our MicroStation tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video Import Lidar Data In the InRoads V8i (SELECTseries 1) release there is a new tool called Data Acquisition. This tool can be used for acquiring many different data files from raw…
Video Use Annotation Scale with References MicroStation V8i has the added functionality to apply Annotation scale to reference file attachments. When you change the Annotation scale of the current model…
Video Connect MicroStation V8i to a Web Map Server MicroStation V8i has the added functionality to connect to a live Web Map Server (WMS). WMS is a standard for serving georeferenced map images over the…
Video MicroStation V8i Open a DWG File In this workflow demonstration we will open a DWG file into MicroStation V8i. See all of our MicroStation tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video MicroStation V8i Import a DWG File In this workflow demonstration we will import a DWG file into MicroStation V8i. See all of our MicroStation tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video MicroStation V8i Save As a DWG File In this workflow demonstration we will Save As a V8 DGN file to a DWG file. See all of our MicroStation tips on this YouTube playlist.
Video Exporting Civil 3D data to LandXML If you need to share engineering data between software packages the best option would be to export your data to LandXML. Then the other application can import…
Video Colors Colors are no longer limited to only one color table with 256 colors. Colors can be selected from True Color, Industry Standard and User defined Color Books.…
Video Gradient Fills When placing closed elements gradient fills can be applied from the tool settings dialog. Options for gradient fills include one, two or multiple color…
Video Match Element Symbology with the ALT Key Pressing the Alt key then left clicking on an element will change the active symbology to the element selected. This works in the XM and V8i releases of…
Video MicroStation V8i Tip – Model Enhancements In MicroStation V8i there is now the ability to open a different model in each view from one design file. The model is fully editable in the view. See…
Video MicroStation Tip – Drag and Drop Attributes For both MicroStation XM and V8i you have the ability to drag and drop an element from the design file to the Attributes toolbox to quickly change the current…
Video MicroStation V8i Tip – Selection Enhancements < In the V8i release of MicroStation the Element Selection overlap and inside mode works the same as other CAD packages. If you drag your cursor Left to…
Video MicroStation V8i Tip – Element Selection Criteria Expanding the Element Selection criteria of the dialog will display additional categories for selection such as Text Style, Dimension Style, Multi-Line Style,…
Video MicroStation XM Tip – Pentable Level Wild Cards In the XM and V8i release of MicroStation Pentables can use level wildcards to resymbolize elements. View all of our MicroStation tips in this…
Video MicroStation Tip – Explorer keyin From the MicroStation Key-in Browser applications such as Internet Explorer, Notepad, and Windows Explorer can be opened. Adding application command line…
